Re: Oscar irony

[Walter Soyka] "While FCPX is less than a year old, Apple has been in the NLE market for 13 years. While some say it's unreasonable to expect too much from a new product, others reasonably ask why we should lower our expectations of a leading developer with over a decade's experience in the market."

Totally agree. I never understood the argument that it's a 1.0 release and it took years for classic FCP to mature. If a new car model comes out nobody compares it with the first model from 15 years ago but with the one the came before it. And that applies to all aspects of life, it should also be valid for software. Certainly when its intended for usage in an environment where people make money with it and deadlines are tight.
Also, frankly, as a paying customer, I don't care wether its a rewrite or a 1.0 or whatever. It has to work and do what it is supposed to do.
The missing features is one thing, the sluggishness and stability issues are a different story altogether.
It may be great for lots of people in its current state, it isn't for many others. Given the general noise and feedback one has to wonder wether it was worth all that. After all, it's not exactly as if Apple needs money so badly they had to go for an early launch, or as if FCPX was a missing link in their soft- and hardware portfolio that made things come together. If anything, it was the opposite. So... WHY?
Most of this has nothing to do with magnetic TL vs. tracks etc. etc.; all that would have been debatable in an entirely different context if the launch/transition had been handled in a reasonable/timely manner.
Keep classic on sale, anounce X as a beta, give people a roadmap, communicate and listen.
If that's not Apple's way of doing things, well.. then up yours Cupertino.